establishment of the First Bank of the United States

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The establishment of the First Bank of the United States was the creation of the young nation’s first national bank, designed by Alexander Hamilton to stabilize federal finances, manage debt, and support economic growth.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf United States federal government action
financial reform
historical event
approvedBy George Washington
architectOfPlan Alexander Hamilton
basedOnDocument Report on a National Bank
capitalizationAmount 10 million dollars
charterExpirationYear 1811
constitutionalBasisClaimed Necessary and Proper Clause
controversy constitutional interpretation of implied powers
country United States of America
dateOfEnactment 1791-02-25
federalShareOfStock 20 percent
grantedMonopolyOn federal government banking services
grantedPower issue banknotes redeemable in specie
hasDuration 20-year charter
hasMainSubject First Bank of the United States
influenced development of the American financial system
legalForm act of Congress
legislativeBody United States Congress
locatedIn Philadelphia
officeHeldByProposer Secretary of the Treasury of the United States
opposedBy Democratic-Republican Party
James Madison
Thomas Jefferson
ownershipStructure mixed public-private ownership
partOf early national period of United States history
preceded establishment of the Second Bank of the United States
privateShareOfStock 80 percent
proposedBy Alexander Hamilton
purpose create a uniform national currency
facilitate tax collection
manage federal debt
provide credit to government
provide credit to private enterprise
stabilize federal finances
support economic growth
raisedIssue scope of federal economic power
relatedTo Hamiltonian economic program
funding and assumption of state debts
tariff policy of the early United States
reportAuthor Alexander Hamilton
resultedIn creation of a partly public, partly private central bank
signedIntoLawBy George Washington
startTime 1791
supportedBy Federalist Party
underGovernmentOf George Washington administration
yearReportSubmitted 1790

Referenced by (1)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Funding Act of 1790
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